Defining resectability: When do you try to take it out?Central Message

• Harry Etienne, MD, PhD,
• Bianca Battilana, MM,
• Jonathan Spicer, MD, PhD,
• Raphael S. Werner, MD, MSc,
• Isabelle Opitz, MD

Affiliations

Harry Etienne, MD, PhD

Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Bianca Battilana, MM

Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Jonathan Spicer, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Québec, Canada

Raphael S. Werner, MD, MSc

Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Isabelle Opitz, MD

Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Address for reprints: Isabelle Opitz, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrassse 100, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland.